| 单词 |
preposterate |
| 释义 |
† preˈposterate, v. Obs.
[f. L. præposterāre to reverse, thwart (f. præposter-us preposterous) + -ate3. Cf. obs. F. prepostérer (Cotgr.).]
trans. To make ‘preposterous’; to reverse, invert; to overturn; to pervert.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 127 Before the warres had preposterated the order of auncient government. 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. iii. 147 This sinceritie of the election, the crosse preposterateth first of all, in that it is chosen being an vnlawfull ceremonie before those that are lawfull: being a tradition of mans before Gods precept. 1628R. Hubert Edw. II clxxi, Never did princes more preposterate Their private lives.
So † preposteˈration [ad. late L. præposterātiōn-em], reversal, perversion.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. iii. 146 The hypocrisie and preposteration of the Crosse, in the Will, in respect of the meanes for attayning to the right end. Ibid. 147 Is there not a preposteration to renewe a Crosse so zealously, while we burry so carelessly this auncient custome? raysing vp in the roome thereof newe courses of our owne which doe no good. |
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